If I remove the cap will I be able to mulch and pick up leaves into my grass catcher?
673
With the cap removed, it will not mulch. Cap needs to be on in order to keep the clippings in the deck so they can be repeatedly cut (mulched) by the blades. The blades also work normally without the cap, so yes, they will blow the clippings into your grass catcher.
674
There is no reason that you shouldn't be able to do that if you have the mulching blades on the mower.
675
I agree with the previous answers. The regular blades have different bends along their length which may affect the aerodynamic lofting of the cut grass. But I doubt that the differences would be significant. Try it. Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
676
The side discharge cap is easily removable without any tools needed. There is nothing in the kit that changes anything so if your bag mounts to the side discharge now, there will not be any changes. The mulching blades may decrease the air flow slightly, but not enough to prevent the grass from blowing into the bag. In my unprofessional opinion, you should be just fine.
1803116
It is designed for leaves. It will work for grass clippings, but the bag will get heavy and put stress and possibly break your hopper and bagging unit. I do not recommend it for grass clippings. Mulch your grass, the mulched grass is free fertilizer.
1431818
If you mean do I have the bagger attachment for my mower the answer is yes. The monster leaf bag fits over the frame of the grass catcher after the bags for the grass catcher are removed. Nice product. One problem. You do NOT find out until after purchase that you need to build a lightweight frame for the base of the monster leaf bag out of thin plywood. If you use the monster leaf bag without doing this the bag will get little holes from dragging on the ground. I wish the manufacturer had made the base and included it along with the bag rather than giving instructions on how to make the base to support the bag. Hope this answers your question.
128092
yes, you mostly just unfold the handle out of the box and hook on either the mulch plug or grass bag. We started parking it in the garage after we were noticing some corrosion on the handle when left under the deck.
1803112
Depending on the size of the yard, I am not sure how well it would work with grass clippings. The issue with the bagger is that it becomes very heavy, and that results puts a significant strain on the cords that are fastening to the mower. I've struggled with my bag, as it has become more of a pain to keep it fastened tightly to the mower resulting in just as much time as it does just to empty my double bagger.
1918995
No, this is only necessary if you dont want to mulch or catch the clippings. Hope this helps
128093
If I remember right the only thing to put together on it was attaching the handles. As far as putting on the grass catcher, which I have not done yet, I used it to mulch. And the battery slips right inside. Pretty easy.
1539864
Absolutely, you want to fill the hopper ¾ full with dry leaves and slowly push them down with a soft wood stick. Have a pan underneath the machine to collect the mulch. For material I am going to compost, I run it through the machine twice. Great machine that reduces my compost time from 3 months to 10 days
73789
Yes!!! I used this to mulch my garlic and celery last year. I don't think there are weed seeds in it just a lot of seed heads from what ever grain the straw is from. The numerous sprouts pulled out relatively easy but I found it extremely annoying. It does the job of mulching, is easy to handle, but I would not recommend it.
1328560
the grass is propelled towards the operator and to the left .... most of it goes into the grass "catcher" that you should probably have attached....that way you can use the cut grass for composting. Compared to weed whacking, for example, having cut grass fall on your feet , if it overshoots the 'catcher', isn't going to be a problem
773499
I'd say no. The cap is big enough to water at top. Having a flower growing out of that would make watering tricky. Even if you left off top you might have root issues. Hope this helps
1687577
It has the option to have the side discharge, or to collect into the bag on the back. So yes, I think that does make it a mulching mower. We don't use the bag, so I can't say how well that works, but the mower has been a real gem otherwise.
1191628
It has worked for me with grass and leaves. The only thing with hay or grass is you have to watch that they are not too long and end up being twisted around the spinning parts just like on a hand held weed eater if you try to take on more than the item can process. It mulched up leaves beautifully for me I and my neighbors yard which provided nice mulch for one whole side of my house garden.
1431819
yes. my mower has a grass catcher. beware though, although its works great, the part that drags on the ground wears out really quick, I made a platform thats drags on the ground instead of the bag itself...also, I got 3/4 acre and lots of big oaks.
1218365
Yes, in fact my garden tractor is a Craftsman PGT professional garden tractor and the grass catcher works great.
1460961
Hi EricG, I tend to keep in in mulch mode...it collects pretty well, though not so good with damp grass. Never tried the side action, as prefer to collect the cuttings. Cuts better than the original, however, IMO.
2096390
Operationally I'd say no. Not a bad idea, however, as it is a vacuum based system pulling air and leaves etc into the cloth bag, the material the bag is made of has to have a certain weave/porosity factor to allow the air drawn in to flow through with the leaves and escape, otherwise the bag would pop like an overblown balloon. Just as easy to open the bag and dump the mulch into a yard waste recycling container.